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. >> reporter: the video from russia is incredible. a massive meteor traveling at 33,000 miles per hour, trailing a brilliant quite contrail, hitting the atmosphere and exploding with the force of an atomic bomb. [ explosion ] >> reporter: the shock wave over the city of chebarkul damaged thousands of buildings, knocked down a factory wall and blew out windows across the city in freezing temperatures just as kids were starting the school day. >> translator: the ceiling was okay. but all the windows were broken. almost all the window panes were damaged. there are no windows without damage. >> reporter: the shards of glass injuring more than 1,000 people, 100 hospitalized. >> i heard this extremely loud noise that shook my apartment. >> reporter: canadian hockey player, michael garnett, lives there. we talked to him via skype. >> it blew the vents out of my bathroom and there was debris on the floor. and i am up on the 23rd floor and i could feel the building swaying. >> reporter: pieces of the meteor punched a hole in a frozen lake, but
. >> reporter: the video from russia is incredible. a massive meteor traveling at 33,000 miles per hour, trailing a brilliant quite contrail, hitting the atmosphere and exploding with the force of an atomic bomb. [ explosion ] >> reporter: the shock wave over the city of chebarkul damaged thousands of buildings, knocked down a factory wall and blew out windows across the city in freezing temperatures just as kids were starting the school day. >> translator: the ceiling was...
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jim maceda, nbc news. >> and we all just decided to bring cameras to the olympics in russia 11 months from now. that's our broadcast for this tuesday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. goodnight. >>> right now at 6:00 playing defense and apologizing to the parents. the story continues with cal basketball coach mike montgomery after shoving his star player. >> and relighting streets. the new plan after dark days are for the city's budget. >>> and a local mom convicted of sexually assaulting teenaged boys is back. >>> good evening and thanks for joining us. i'm raj mathai. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. we begin with the bay area on storm watch after the unusually dry spell for this time of year. the weather roller coaster sent us scrambling for our rubber boots today and umbrellas, too. our cameras got rain falling in the south bay and it certainly looked like winter on local mountain tops. our nbc chopper kept the snow on the peaks of mount hamilton. >>> we had upper 70s to 80 degrees. highs today struggled to
jim maceda, nbc news. >> and we all just decided to bring cameras to the olympics in russia 11 months from now. that's our broadcast for this tuesday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. goodnight. >>> right now at 6:00 playing defense and apologizing to the parents. the story continues with cal basketball coach mike montgomery after shoving his star player. >> and relighting streets. the new plan...
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in russia after that meteor that scared the daylights out of every one. >>> and all eyes to the sky, looking for the next close encounter. >>> later on, the spectacular scene in southern california. no one has quite seen anything quite like it. >>> we awoke last friday to the story of that meteor streaking across the russian sky. then we saw the video. thousands of them. and now there are a lot of new questions about whether we're doing enough to be on the lookout for another direct hit with the planet earth. while on the ground, pieces of that space rock are going for a hefty price. the story tonight from nbc's stephanie gosk. >> reporter: after the meteor smashed through the atmosphere, shattering windows in russia, and nerves around the world, it broke into pieces, meteorites. most landed near this frozen lake. the largest piece may still be under water. the search to find them is on. there are reports that residents are trying to sell the meteorites for as much as $10,000. a lot of money for a rock. but things from outer space can fetch a good price from collectors like dave ghee
in russia after that meteor that scared the daylights out of every one. >>> and all eyes to the sky, looking for the next close encounter. >>> later on, the spectacular scene in southern california. no one has quite seen anything quite like it. >>> we awoke last friday to the story of that meteor streaking across the russian sky. then we saw the video. thousands of them. and now there are a lot of new questions about whether we're doing enough to be on the lookout for...
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. >> i think that the meteor incident in russia is a wake-up call especially when one considers it arrived at the exact same time, the exact same day as the asteroid fly-by. so i think that we're really becoming very aware that we are in jeopardy from these types of collisions. >> reporter: aware, but how well is the world prepared? nasa budgeted $20 million last year to look for objects that may hit the earth but some scientists say more money should be spent on detection and ways to avoid a possible collision. >> we've gotten very good at finding the big things, the kilometer sized objects. we're working down to smaller objects. but there's many more of the small objects like these than there are of the big ones. >> i'd say the appropriate technology for deflecting a dangerous asteroid could possibly be a nuclear bomb, but the key is catching and detecting the objects early. >> reporter: experts say that friday's blast could have killed thousands of people had the meteor landed in the middle of a large city, a reminder they say that even smaller objects threatening earth should be a wake
. >> i think that the meteor incident in russia is a wake-up call especially when one considers it arrived at the exact same time, the exact same day as the asteroid fly-by. so i think that we're really becoming very aware that we are in jeopardy from these types of collisions. >> reporter: aware, but how well is the world prepared? nasa budgeted $20 million last year to look for objects that may hit the earth but some scientists say more money should be spent on detection and ways...
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jim maceda, nbc news. >> and we decided to bring cameras to the olympics in russia a year from now. thanks our broadcast for tonight. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night.
jim maceda, nbc news. >> and we decided to bring cameras to the olympics in russia a year from now. thanks our broadcast for tonight. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night.
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the new vigilance after the meteor in russia is a good thing, says former astro inaudible, ed lou. >> you can think of this as a giant game of roulette with the whole earth. >> reporter: lou has started an organization looking to build the first-ever, privately funded, deep case telescope to track meteors. he believes people don't truly appreciate the danger. there's only ever been one recorded fatality from a meteorite. 1972 in a farm in venezuela, a meteor streaks through the sky and kills a cow. scientists say the poor thing never stood a chance. today at new york's natural history museum, there wasn't a lot of concern. just curiosity. >> whenever i hear about meteorite falling, i get all excited and stuff. >> reporter: the rocks can tell us a lot says the museum's expert. >> they tell us about the formation of planets. and most importantly and subtly, they tell us about the dynamic history of the solar system. >> reporter: a dynamic history that continues to unfold. sometimes dangerously close. stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york. >> when we come back, the first lady explains a hig
the new vigilance after the meteor in russia is a good thing, says former astro inaudible, ed lou. >> you can think of this as a giant game of roulette with the whole earth. >> reporter: lou has started an organization looking to build the first-ever, privately funded, deep case telescope to track meteors. he believes people don't truly appreciate the danger. there's only ever been one recorded fatality from a meteorite. 1972 in a farm in venezuela, a meteor streaks through the sky...